An image shared on Threads claims to show a statue of soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo.
Verdict: False
The image is generated by artificial intelligence.
Fact Check:
Social media users are claiming an image shows a giant statue of Ronaldo in front of a stadium. One user wrote that it was the largest statue of Ronaldo unveiled.
This claim is false. There has been no media reporting on a purported giant statue of Ronaldo unveiled. A wider internet search also did not yield these results.
Check Your Fact ran the image through several AI-image detector engines, such as Hive Moderation, WasItAI and Sight Engine, which showed that the image was likely created by artificial intelligence.
NewsMeter also debunked the claim. A statue of Ronaldo, not matching the one in the Threads post’s image, was unveiled in Times Square in February 2025, according to the New York Post.